1947 Grambling Tigers football team

The 1947 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an 11–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 427 to 86. In two post-season game, the Tigers defeated Bethune-Cookman in the Lions Bowl and lost to Central State in the Vulcan Bowl.[1]

1947 Grambling Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princess Anne     8 0 0
Grambling     11 2 0
Sewanee     6 1 1
Memphis State     6 2 1
Texas State     9 3 0
Mississippi Southern     7 3 0
Oklahoma City     7 3 0
Virginia     7 3 0
West Virginia     6 4 0
East Tennessee State     5 4 0
Catholic University     3 3 0
Delaware     4 4 0
Georgetown     3 4 1
Chattanooga     4 6 0
Tennessee Tech     4 7 0
Miami (FL)     2 7 0
Navy     1 7 1
CCUNC     1 3 0
Florida State     0 5 0

Key players included back Paul "Tank" Younger. Younger became the first player from a historically black college to play in the National Football League (NFL). He played 10 years in the NFL and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
TougalooW 49–0
September 20Fort BenningRuston, LAW 53–0
September 27at TuskegeeTuskegee, ALL 6–19
October 4SouthernGrambling, LA (rivalry)W 21–6
October 10at Texas StateW 27–67,000[2]
October 18at Florida NormalJacksonville, FLW 21–0
October 27vs. BishopW 20–68,000[3]
October 31Philander SmithGrambling, LAW 40–0
November 8Tillotson
  • Tiger Field
  • Grambling, LA
W 42–7[4]
November 15at Prairie View A&MPrairie View, TXW 13–0
November 22vs. Butler (TX)
W 67–02,000
December 5Bethune–CookmanRuston, LA (Lions Bowl)W 47–68,000[5]
January 1, 1948vs. Wilberforce StateL 21–278,500[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Grambling State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Grambling rolls over Texas State, 26 to 6". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 18, 1947. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tigers Tops". Baltimore Afro-American (p. 15). November 8, 1947.
  4. ^ Nicholson, Collie J. (November 15, 1947). "Younger Stars As Grambling Wins, 42 to 7". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved December 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Younger Is Big Gun in Win For Grambling". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 13, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wilberforce Subdues Grambling in Hard Battle". The Pittsburgh Courier. January 10, 1948. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.